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Dark Passage

  • 1947
  • Passed
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passage (1947)
Bogart and Bacall in this classic trailer
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A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.

  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writers
    • Delmer Daves
    • David Goodis
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Lauren Bacall
    • Bruce Bennett
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    21K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Delmer Daves
      • David Goodis
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Lauren Bacall
      • Bruce Bennett
    • 181User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    Lauren Bacall in Dark Passage (1947)
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    Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Clifton Young in Dark Passage (1947)
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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Vincent Parry
    Lauren Bacall
    Lauren Bacall
    • Irene Jansen
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Bob
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    • Madge Rapf
    Tom D'Andrea
    Tom D'Andrea
    • Cabby - Sam
    Clifton Young
    Clifton Young
    • Baker
    Douglas Kennedy
    Douglas Kennedy
    • Detective
    Rory Mallinson
    Rory Mallinson
    • George Fellsinger
    Houseley Stevenson
    Houseley Stevenson
    • Dr. Walter Coley
    John Alvin
    John Alvin
    • Blackie
    • (scenes deleted)
    John Arledge
    John Arledge
    • Lonely Man
    • (uncredited)
    Leonard Bremen
    Leonard Bremen
    • Bus Ticket Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Clancy Cooper
    Clancy Cooper
    • Man on Street Seeking Match
    • (uncredited)
    Deborah Daves
    • Child with Aunt Mary
    • (uncredited)
    Michael Daves
    • Michael
    • (uncredited)
    Vince Edwards
    Vince Edwards
    • Cop at tollbooth
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Fadden
    Tom Fadden
    • Diner Counterman Serving Parry
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Farber
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Delmer Daves
      • David Goodis
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The actual 1937 Art Deco apartment building used in the film (located at 1360 Montgomery St. in San Francisco) is still standing as of 2023. The apartment (No. 10) is marked by a cardboard cut-out of Humphrey Bogart, which can be seen from the street. The site is visited frequently by fans of vintage film noir. The unit has one bath, one bedroom and 861 square feet, and was last sold in 2016 for $1.5M.
    • Goofs
      After Parry's bandages are removed, there are no stitches, bruises or facial swelling that always accompany plastic surgery.
    • Quotes

      Vincent Parry: Don't you get lonely up here by yourself?

      Irene Jansen: I was born lonely, I guess.

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer-colorized version.
    • Connections
      Edited from San Quentin (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      Too Marvelous for Words
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard A. Whiting

      Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

      Performed on record twice by Jo Stafford

      Also played on the jukebox at the bus station

      Also played at the cafe in Peru and during the end credits

    User reviews181

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    Saving Face
    Bogey is an escaped prisoner. Bacall helps him stay escaped. To maintain his anonymity he has a face-change operation.

    It is a gimmick film, but the gimmick doesn't just serve its own purpose - it highlights a theme of faces, and what faces tell you about the person beneath.

    You can tell when something is being explored onscreen for the first time - its done more thoroughly and more excitedly than it ever will again. Think back to that first film about the phenomenon of email (Disclosure) or the internet (The Net), or what about the first film exploring chronology-changes (Citizen Kane) or hide-the-protagonist (The Third Man), or the excitement of acting (Streetcar Named Desire). That initial excitement is never really matched again - after that it becomes just another device, or a reference. The thing here is partly first-person narration (this came out the same year as Lady in the Lake), but wholly plastic surgery, the idea of changing your appearance.

    First-person narration is actually quite rare in cinema. Lady in the Lake is one of the only examples where they stick with it for an entire picture, resorting to gimmicks like having Robert Montgomery looking in a mirror. Its used to great effect in the first half of Dark Passage, in order to hide Bogart's face. It was partly mechanical. Its a face-change movie. Instead of starting with Bogart and changing his face to a different actor, they wanted to pretend he looked like a different person (which we only see in a few photographs), and then after the operation he just looks like Bogart. But what the device of hiding his face does is create suspense, and focus on the issue of faces, which is a recurring theme throughout.

    And it works to the positive for this film: what's the best way to hide someone's face? Put us behind their eyes! You never see your own face unless you're looking in the mirror. So until his operation, we see through Bogey's eyes - and the result is quite cinematic. It really frees up the movie, unshackling it from the static trappings of most studio pictures of this era. Instead of us just looking on from the edge of a set, which ends up looking like a stage, we're really taken into the action - its marvellous!

    And, to save the best till last - Bacall absolutely burns up the screen in this. She sets the celluloid on fire. Any single shot of her in this movie is magic. Just being onscreen and being magic, its the definition of the X-factor.

    9/10. What a star-vehicle for Bogey. This was his Third Man. And Bacall is sensational!
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    • Jul 18, 2004

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 1947 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Das unbekannte Gesicht
    • Filming locations
      • Filbert Steps, Filbert Street, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,600,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,693
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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